Chronicles

Adventures in Small Business-Land 2024 : Headwinds
Greetings form the land of Aktiv. As you hopefully know, we started this business after living in Norway in 2016-2017 and falling love with the style, functionality and durability of the Scandinavian clothing brands. Scandinavian clothing is built around the...
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Leslie and Nate's 2023 Gift Guide
Cue the Mariah Carey and track down which streaming service is showing "Love, Actually" (It is Netflix!!) for the holidays are upon us once more. This year, Leslie and I sat down and picked out a few items for all...
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Wool in Summer
Spring has sprung and the thermostat is starting to rise. As we enter the hot (and even hotter) months I am reminded of a chat I had with an employee in a clothing shop in Oslo the second summer we...
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